Today we made more progress. Hurrah!

I was walking the puppy in the park near the crosswalk at 11:31 am to find park maintenance taking down the posters I glued to the equipment box on the west side of the crosswalk. We exchanged some words, none in anger, and I gave him my card. A bystander commented that supported what the maintenance worker was doing and I agreed. About an hour later I put just a few of the posters back up and waited to see what they would do.

After bringing the puppy back for lunch and a nap, I resumed filming in the crosswalk at 12:48 pm. At 2:02 pm, a CPC maintenance worker came down West Drive, checking the signage on the roadway. He was not speeding and I like to compliment drivers that are obeying the rules so I told him he was doing a great job. He confessed that he had signed our petition even though he wasn't supposed to take positions on such issues.

We had a very long discussion after that and he gave me a whole history of Jill Tarlov's killing in this crosswalk and what came after that. He was able to fill in the blanks about why the speed limit was 10 at this crosswalk and told me there were three zones like this that appeared after the Jill Tarlov fatality. I suppose this was part of the settlement of the inevitable lawsuit between Mrs. Tarlov's husband, Michael Wittman, and the city.

He also informed me about the barrier and the moveable signs in this crosswalk. These also appeared after Jill was killed here by a cyclist. After I told him that I had NY DOT contacts on my list, he asked me if I could get DOT to fix the wheels on the moveable signs so he could place them in the roadway where they were supposed to be. Now he has those contacts and I will be on it Monday, too. Meanwhile, I moved the signs to their proper places in the roadway.

A little bit later, the CPC worker who took down my posters reappeared and took a picture of the new poster I had glued up where the old poster was. He ripped it partially down and I approached him to ask what was up. He said his supervisor wanted to see a photo. He didn't bother to tear down the other four posters.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.

NY Parks is also a big player here. Until now, they've only been in the picture because their vehicles run the red light like everyone else except CPC now that Rob Mosier is on the job. Oh, and the commercial vehicles stop now because CPC vehicles stop.

Apparently, Parks Enforcement is pushing to get the park under control again after COVID. The CPC maintenance worker who told me about the signage that appeared after Jill's death, also told me that Park Enforcement used to get involved in slowing down the traffic on the Central Park loop by parking their big Suburbans diagonally in the roadway. This would be an excellent interim solution.

While searching for a sign base with both wheels to use as replacement parts for the signs in our crosswalk, I came across a group of NY Parks Enforcement people. We had a great discussion about the problem in our crosswalk. I gave her my card and I went away with the suggestion that I contact the Parks Commissioner about this problem. Well, maybe that's a little high up on the chain of command, but she could delegate it.

Tonight's screengrab is two bikes moving diagonally thru our crosswalk to avoid pedestrians.